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Warmup – Storms

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The next master whose work the Tate Watercolor Manual* reviews is David Cox (1783-1859). The title of this section his called  ‘Painting the Elements’. Often, it seems, Cox would paint scenes where the sky was in turmoil with high winds and dramatic coloration. The manual references Bull in a Storm as one of Cox’s most […]

Stormy Weather

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Today’s watercolor experiment: After my warmup exercises (see Warmup – Storms) of creating storms in small vignettes (tempest in teapots, if you will), the el Niño in me decided to let loos on larger paper. I retrieved a block of my 12″x16″ paper from its hiding place, unwrapped it, carefully removed the black paper from the […]